Times of the Islands Winter 2018/19

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MARTA MORTON—WWW.HARBOURCLUBVILLAS.COM
feature Opposite page: Building the Caicos Sloops that were so important for transportation and trade required tremendous ingenuity and resourcefulness from the native boat builders. Above: This 1910 postcard shows workers in the salt ponds of Grand Turk, in front of the Old Prison and Victoria Library. Although they were not slaves (slavery was abolished in 1834), the image depicts the difficult conditions workers faced. E NEALE COVERLEY—COURTESY TURKS & CAICOS NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLECTION Sailing to Freedom TCI slave escapes in the early 1800s. By Ben Stubenberg Few endeavors are more woven into the culture and history of the Turks & Caicos Islands than sailing. Ever since the Bermudians rediscovered TCI some 350 years ago and began collecting salt from the natural salinas, boats played a defining role. By day, fast and agile sloops called “lighters” brought sacks of the precious “white gold” from the shores of Grand Turk, Salt Cay and South Caicos to larger ships waiting in deep water for the voyage back to Bermuda. Larger sloops plied the turquoise waters between the scattered TCI settlements where Islanders welcomed their arrival for the passengers and cargo they carried and news they brought of separated kin and the world beyond. At night, however, the vessels served a more daring, clandestine purpose. Under the cover of darkness, the salt raker slaves who had had enough secretly gathered on the beach where the boats bobbed in the sea. Quietly, they unfurled and raised the sails, let the warm wind fill the luffing canvass, and steered south by the stars splashed across a black Caribbean sky to freedom. Times of the Islands Winter 2018/19 39
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